yetzer hara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

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"According to the Midrash, this [that which God said was "very good" in Gen. 1] includes the egocentric drive, the yeitzer ha-ra, sometimes described as the "evil impulse". Without it, no one would build a house, establish a business, marry, or raise a family."

From Hebrew יֵצֶר הַרַע.

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